/ Dictionary / Index F forty-second: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: for•ty-sec•ond Pronunciation: (fôr'tē sek'und), [key] — adj. next after the forty-first; being the ordinal number for 42. being one of 42 equal parts. —n. a forty-second part, esp. of one (). the forty-second member of a series. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: forty-second (Thesaurus) fortypenny forty-seven Related Content Daily Word Quiz: eureka Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language